DRIVE BETTER MANUFACTURING
PROCESSES WITH VIRTUALIZED
GRAPHICS APPLICATIONS.
Use NVIDIA Virtual GPU Solutions to Gain
Creative Freedom, While Compressing Design
Cycles and Lowering Costs
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Finding profit in the automotive industry isn’t easy. Few industries
are as heavily regulated or as impacted by cyclical demand
and changing consumer tastes. To succeed, motor vehicle
manufacturers must lower capital expenditures, chase new
markets, and respond with agility to technological disruptions
around every corner.
Automotive companies are becoming more reliant on IT for
strategic decision-making as well as tactical operations, and
that includes the adoption of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI)
for key design and engineering applications. Automotive design
groups face growing pressure to rapidly deliver vehicle innovations,
respond to market demands, and support an ever-expanding
product range. Meanwhile, remote workers, external suppliers,
and partners require faster and better access to data.
NVIDIA virtual GPU solutions make it easier for automakers to
build and connect collaborative teams worldwide, scale compute
resources as needed, safeguard data and protect intellectual
property, and facilitate mobility. These benefits help firms stay
competitive and agile in a business environment that demands
efficiency and rewards rapid response to change.
TRANSFORM YOUR WORKFLOWS FOR
GREATER EFFICIENCY.
NVIDIA delivers virtual GPU technology that helps end-user
devices work as well as traditional workstations, while improving
productivity and streamlining management and maintenance. Many
leading creative and technical professionals trust NVIDIA
®
Quadro
®
Virtual Data Center Workstation (Quadro vDWS) software for design
applications—and NVIDIA GRID
®
software for office productivity
applications—to accelerate workflows and provide access to trusted
tools anywhere, on any device.
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Enhanced Collaboration—Bring in Experts from Around the World.
Fierce
competition for designers, data scientists, software engineers, and other critical team
members makes it imperative for automakers to pull from as wide a talent pool as
possible. Quadro vDWS enables seamless collaboration for teams in geographically
dispersed locations with no performance degradation. NVIDIA virtual GPU technology
also makes it possible to quickly scale up resources in emerging markets, where much
of the industry’s growth potential exists today.
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Improved Data Protection—Safeguard Design Secrets and Eliminate Data Loss and
Corruption.
NVIDIA virtual GPU technology helps automotive manufacturers protect
valuable assets by securing design files in the data center. Teams around the world
can work with confidence, knowing that files are protected and that they’re working
seamlessly with other collaborators on a single master data file that represents the
current version of every project.
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Lower IT Costs—Save on Hardware, Power, Staff Time, and More.
With NVIDIA virtual
GPU technology, onboarding that used to take hours now only takes a few minutes. And
because virtual machines can be up and running rapidly with no special equipment,
you can respond more quickly to changing project requirements and spin up additional
resources on demand. Employees who once required multiple physical workstations
can now use one virtual workstation to access all their apps and data. Troubleshooting
is more efficient too, and upgrades can be made with no disruption or data loss.
What’s more, less hardware means lower power consumption and less maintenance.
WHAT IS GPU VIRTUALIZATION?
GPU virtualization enables every
virtual machine to get the benefits
of a GPU just like a physical desktop
has. Because work that was typically
done by the CPU has been offloaded to
the GPU, the user has a much better
experience and more users can be
supported.
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No Downtime—Keep Your Projects Moving Forward 24/7.
Because teams can utilize
the same pool of virtual workstation resources in shifts, design and engineering tasks
can be completed around the clock with no idle resources. Virtual GPUs also facilitate
mobility, while providing access to apps without the need for a physical workstation.
NVIDIA VIRTUAL GPU SOLUTIONS
Virtualization with NVIDIA GRID and
NVIDIA Tesla GPUs
Virtualization with NVIDIA Quadro vDWS
and Tesla GPUs
The
NVIDIA GRID Virtual PC (GRID vPC) and Virtual
Applications (GRID vApps)
software are positioned for general-
purpose VDI across all sectors of the automotive industry.
Quadro vDWS
is ideally positioned for design and engineering
teams that work on complex and sensitive files from
multiple locations.
BENEFITS
BENEFITS
Supports increasing graphical requirements of modern
office productivity applications
Supports up to two 4K monitors or four HD monitors for
increased productivity
Cost-effectively scales VDI across your organization for as
little as $2 per user per month
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Lowers IT management costs
Enforces security in the data center
Increases employee and contractor mobility
Centrally manages business continuity and disaster recovery
Supports up to four 4K monitors and large frame buffer
sizes for increased productivity
Enforces security in the data center
Lowers IT management costs
Increases mobility
Centrally manages business continuity and disaster recovery
Ensures less downtime, even during maintenance with
live migration
COMMON APPLICATIONS
Adobe Creative Cloud, Microsoft Office
COMMON APPLICATIONS
ANSYS Discovery Live, ANSYS Fluent, ANSYS Mechanical,
Autodesk AutoCAD, Autodesk Alias, Autodesk VRED,
Dassault Systèmes CATIA, Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA,
Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS, McNeel Rhino, PTC Creo,
Siemens NX, Siemens Teamcenter
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Assumes cost of subscription, NVIDIA GRID software, and hardware, with three-year
amortization of two Tesla M10 cards supporting 87 GRID vApps users.
TESTED AND CERTIFIED FOR ENTERPRISE-CLASS RELIABILITY
NVIDIA virtual GPU solutions set the industry standard for virtualized creativity. To maximize
performance—and to get the best possible experience from your IT investment—NVIDIA Quadro
professional graphics solutions are tested and certified by all the leading workstation OEMs and have
received independent software vendor (ISV) certifications for more than 100 professional applications and
IT management tools. What’s more, Quadro software drivers are designed for stability and long lifespans.
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CUSTOMER EXAMPLES
DENSO International
America
U.S., Canada, and Mexico Denso
Corporation, Aichi, Japan
Honda R&D Co. Ltd.
Tochigi, Japan
Tofaş
Istanbul, Turkey
One of the largest global automotive
suppliers, DENSO deployed an NVIDIA
Quadro vDWS solution to reduce the
management complexity of physical
workstations with six different boot
environments. With NVIDIA technology in
place, DENSO’s IT team delivered virtual
workstations that performed just like
physical workstations when dealing with
large datasets and graphics-intensive
software. Users were so satisfied with the
new virtual workstation environment that
the firm experienced a 250 percent uptick
in usage almost immediately.
Honda deployed next-generation
engineering virtual desktop
infrastructure (VDI) powered by NVIDIA
Quadro vDWS to enhance productivity
and operational efficiency in their R&D
and production centers. With graphics
acceleration in the data center, NVIDIA
Quadro vDWS enabled the team to
use computer-aided design (CAD) and
computer-aided engineering (CAE)
applications on any device—even low-
cost laptop computers. Additionally,
Honda IT is now able to allocate the right
level of performance for power users
and knowledge workers alike. Across
all Honda group companies, more than
4,000 VDI systems are experiencing
better application performance and user
experience, as well as faster access to
data and enhanced security of IP.
Turkey’s industrial giant, one of Fiat
Chrysler’s three worldwide strategic
manufacturing centers, explored a VDI
solution to increase worker mobility.
The firm used NVIDIA virtual GPU
technology to build out its VDI, which
includes dedicated GPUs for designers
and pooled GPUs for cost engineers
and project managers. IT overhead
was reduced thanks to ease of scaling,
simplified resource management,
and enhanced data security. And
while upfront per-user costs haven’t
changed much, the ongoing reduction
in operating and management costs
delivers significant overall savings.
KEY AUTOMOTIVE USER GROUPS
Engineers, designers, CAD/CAE
users
Marketing departments,
creative and design professionals,
illustrators
Accounting, finance, and human
resources departments
USE CASES
For remotely viewing and editing
very large 3D models and images
For general-purpose VDI using
virtualized design and creative
applications such as Adobe
®
Creative Cloud
®
For general-purpose VDI using
virtualized Windows 10 or Linux
desktops and common office
productivity applications
RECOMMEND
NVIDIA Quadro vDWS on NVIDIA
Tesla
®
P4, P40, M60, P100, or V100;
or P6 for blade-server form factors
(supports up to four 4K displays)
NVIDIA GRID vPC and GRID vApps
on Tesla M10 or P6 (supports up to
four HD or two 4K displays)
NVIDIA GRID vPC and GRID vApps
on Tesla M10 or P6 (supports up
to four HD or two 4K displays)
For more information, visit
www.nvidia.com/virtualgpu
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WHAT MAKES NVIDIA VIRTUAL GPUs POWERFUL
Ultimate user experience, with the ability to
support both compute and graphics workloads for
every virtual GPU (vGPU)
EXCEPTIONAL USER EXPERIENCE
Consistent performance with guaranteed quality
of service, whether on premises or in the cloud
PREDICTABLE PERFORMANCE
Industry’s highest user-density solution with
support for up to 24 virtual desktops per physical
GPU. Lower total cost of ownership (TCO) with up
to eight vGPU profiles for the most flexibility to
provision resources to match your users’ needs
BEST USER DENSITY
End-to-end management and monitoring for real-
time insight into GPU performance. Broad partner
integrations so you can use the tools you know
and love
OPTIMAL MANAGEMENT AND MONITORING
Regular cadence of new software releases to
ensure you stay on top of the latest features and
enhancements
CONTINUOUS INNOVATION
Support for all major hypervisors. Most extensive
portfolio of professional app certifications with
Quadro drivers
BROADEST ECOSYSTEM SUPPORT
HOW NVIDIA VIRTUAL GPUs WORK
In a VDI environment powered by NVIDIA virtual
GPUs, NVIDIA virtual GPU software is installed at the
virtualization layer along with the hypervisor. This
software creates virtual GPUs that enable every virtual
machine (VM) to share the physical GPU installed on
the server. The NVIDIA virtualization software includes
a graphics driver for every VM. Quadro vDWS includes,
for example, the powerful Quadro driver. Because
work that was typically done by the CPU is offloaded to
the GPU, the user has a much better experience, and
demanding engineering and creative applications can
now be supported in a virtualized, cloud environment.
Apps and VMs
NVIDIA Graphics Driver
or NVIDIA Quadro Driver
vGPUs
NVIDIA Virtualization
Software
Management
and Monitoring
End-to-End Visibility
NVIDIA Tesla GPU
Hypervisor
Server
